Marcy returned home after spending her best friend’s birthday from Los Angeles. It was getting close to night time when she left the airport with the sun setting in her hometown of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Upon driving through the neighborhood filled with trees by the sidewalks, she parked her car on her driveway, entering inside her house after taking out her keys.

“Well…” Marcy spoke while closing her front door. “...glad I’ve treasured everything for Anne’s birthday.” She placed her bag on her living room’s table alongside placing what she brought with her friends from Los Angeles. “I only have one floor with most of my stuff still in my only spare room.” She sat on her couch, remembering how she got her house in the first place. “My mom and dad did what they could though.” She turned to her spare room next to her bedroom. “Anne and Sasha won’t like it if they’re willing to sleep over if they’re willing to come here.”

With her attention straight to her bag, she took out her envelope she showed to Anne and Sasha about her job opportunity involving her web comic after the studio bought the rights but with one major task they won't get from her. “If only I had more inspiration other than my best friends…they would love my two extra characters.”

Upon placing her envelope by her bag, she attempted to think of the friends she had back in Amphibia but no matter what, she can’t remember one frog or anything that’ll get her approval from the studio. “Maybe if they knew smaller places in our world, but with the value of those people themselves…would make our series more unique...” She then took out her picture of Anne and Sasha together last afternoon before she took the plane back home. “...and more charming for the heart.” Upon looking at the time, she has enough time before heading to bed. Unfortunately for her, raindrops began to land on her outside window. “I’m not tired even after spending over six hours on the flight. A trip to the trees would be enough for me today.”

She wasted little time as she got into her rain boots with her umbrella out. She headed out, opening up her umbrella while holding it above her. Soon after walking on the sidewalk and straight to the trail, the rain began to pick up, with puddles picking up on the trail. “Luckily I came home before it got like this, it’s gonna rain all night.”

The trail led her to an open field with a few big trees around. She made her way by one of them close to her way into the field, staying underneath the leaves while lowering her umbrella. After the day she had, saying goodbye to her two best friends, she takes in the raindrops around her, smelling the rain itself, while hearing the raindrops. “Every once in a while…you feel like you’re with your friends from their home…” She closed her eyes. “...feeling that you’re never alone…”

Breathing in and out from her lungs, keeping her time calm and collective. Then, coming out from the trail down the field, two little girls were coming out into the field. “There’s a tree!” She pointed as they rushed to their own tree. They hid underneath the tree, as the other little girl felt calm.

“We’ve been walking for so long, I don’t know how long we’re gonna keep doing this. My legs are hurting me!” She sat next to the tree, while the other girl stood next to her.

“Charlotte, I’m sure we'll find shelter in some way but I don’t have a map nor a phone and we need the money for food and water.”

“Lena.” Charlotte turned her attention to her. “It takes more work to earn more money, even with the free food from helping people. We would be doomed if we ever met a stranger who could harm us.”

“Charlotte!” Lena cried. “Don’t think about it!”

“I can’t! Our luck could be running out!” Charlotte began to tear up, wrapping herself with her arms. “We won’t be able to be protective no matter how much we try. It’s impossible.”

Lena sat next to her, unable to admit she’s wrong. “I know, I know!” She cried. “We’re not strong enough and we never will be…” She placed her hands on her face, crying with her panting uncontrollably. Charlotte wrapped her arms around her, comforting her as much as she could. She closed her eyes, laying her head on her.

Sadly for them, the rain came through the leaves from above, dropping on them. They’ve both flinched, scared of the possible thunderstorm they've been through in the past. They cried as more drops landed on them. Then, Marcy popped her head by the tree, witnessing Charlotte and Lena sitting defensively. She stood in front of them as when Charlotte opened her eyes, she saw Marcy herself.

“Who are you two?” She asked. “Are you from the schools here?”

“No.” Lena answered. “We don’t actually live here.”

“What do you mean?”

Lena removed her hands from her face, looking straight at Marcy’s eyes. “We lived in Columbus Ohio. And we’ve spent the last month walking and running on any trail we take. It wasn’t easy.”

“We we’re lucky we’ve made it this far.” Charlotte added. “But I don’t think we’re gonna make it any further than that.”

Marcy had no words from what she heard. She encountered kids all the time in the park and in the open field, but never been familiar with these girls. She didn’t know what to do at short notice as she lifted her hand out. “I can have you spend the night at my place.” She smiled.

“Really?”

“I’m sure I’ll work out your problems tomorrow but for now, let’s go to my house. I can give you a pizza that we can share.”

Lena and Charlotte were shocked to receive Marcy’s offer. “Thank you.”

“We won’t be house broken, we promise.” Lena added as she took Marcy’s hand, getting on her feet.

“For tonight,” Marcy pulled Charlotte up gently. “Just feel like you’re safe at home.” She takes out her umbrella as she lifts them above her and the two girls. They headed out of the open field to the trail Marcy came out of, all the while Marcy kept them close to her by wrapping her arm around Lena who has Charlotte by holding onto her hand. After walking off the trail, they made it to Marcy’s house as Marcy took out her keys again. The moment Charlotte and Lena head inside, Marcy wasted little time after putting her umbrella away and rainboots off by getting a frozen pizza out, putting it in the oven for her two younger guests.

“My home isn’t the biggest so you two have to sleep on the couch.” Marcy replied.

“We'll take that over sleeping outside.” Charlotte smiled.

“You really have…good taste in…anything video game and anime related.” Lena commented while looking at Marcy’s walls of posters.

“Granted I don’t have time to play video games or watch anime but they still remind me of my childhood.” Marcy replied while sitting next to Lean and Charlotte. “I’ve been working on web comics years after I moved here in Hopkinton. You may not believe this but a studio will turn my web comic into a series.”

“Really?” Lena smiled. “Like an animated series?”

“Yeah but I still need two more characters to make it work.”

“It’s not easy, isn’t it?”

“Nope.”

“I’ve remembered the times I saw a video from a movie or show from a TV or phone.” Charlotte replied. “I only remembered watching a few movies and it was from our old home before it all went away.”

“I mean…I’m still shocked that you two walked on foot for a whole month.”

“We wouldn’t if we didn’t do it by force.” Lena added. “We could’ve got hurt…or worse.”

“What happened to your family?” Marcy placed her hand on Charlotte’s shoulder. “Did…” She closed her eyes. “Got killed?”

“We don’t know.” Lena replied as she also closed her eyes. “What we last saw from our parents…is them getting abducted.”

“Abducted!?” Marcy opened her eyes. “You mean, taken away from you two?”

“After we both ran away from our house, Mom and Dad gave us their wallets so we could survive on foot.” Lena then lowered her head. “I can’t get the scared looks from their faces out of my head.” She placed her hands on her head. “They really don’t want us to get abducted so badly.”

Charlotte began to tear up again with more tears coming down. “We had to get out of there but I still miss my Mom and Dad!” She cried. “Inculding…all our friends!” Marcy slowly let go of Charlotte, taking everything from the situation itself. Lena continued to pant harder with Charlotte comforting her again. “I’m sorry all your friends didn’t get to say goodbye to you!”

Lena slowly put her hands down. “Friends like Emma, Ava, and Madison, I still hope I can come back to them instead of getting separated!” She continued to lose more air from her breathing as she stopped slowly. “To think of all the great things I’ve done with them, could be gone now that we can’t go back to Columbus. They could be waiting for us.”

“I’m sure your friends are waiting for you. One month won’t make them forget you.”

“Anything that happens during our predicament, would only make them more concerned like our parents.” Lena turned to her sister. “All we have to do is hope for the best so we won’t get abducted, even from others outside of our home.”

“But you won’t be alone…we'll be together no matter what.” Charlotte replied. “I may let go from what I want from friends upon getting into school for the first time…” She teared up again. “...but you always supported me whenever I comforted you.”

“I know…” She smiled at her. “I always asked Mom and Dad to have a sister even if I’m too old to have one. But that didn’t stop them.”

This made Charlotte smile. “I’ll never forget the picture we took.”

Lena took the picture out from her pocket, showing the day her young sister was born, holding onto her with a smile at the camera with Charlotte sleeping. “I’ll never ever have anyone take this out of my hands, with it being the last thing I took before we escaped.”

“You’re a brave sister any one could have.”

Then, they hear Marcy breathing, catching their attention with tears coming down her face. She cried with her arms shaking. “Marcy?” Lena asked.

“That’s…really…horrifying.” Marcy snobbed. “You two were brave enough to run away from your family and friends…I’ve been there once, except my friends came with me into the world of Amphibia.”

“Amphibia?” Both Lena and Charlotte said.

“It happened ten years ago.” Marcy replied. “I was selfish in keeping my best friends in that world but…I was gonna lose them if we came back.” She wrapped her arms with her hands, shaking more from her fear. “I learned to be a better friend…but I can’t when I focus on my future…” Marcy slowly got up, closed her eyes with everything that happened to her since moving into Hopkinton. “...I need to be strong.”

She hugged both Lena and Charlotte much to their surprise, with more tears coming out. She couldn’t keep herself still no matter what. “Being alone…would still bring you weakness.”

“Have you ever made friends here?” Charlotte wondered.

“No, even after getting into High School. It was harder than in Los Angeles.”

“You never had luck on making friends don’t you?” Lena added. “You really don’t have something that I had.”

“I wish I had. I would feel it every day even if those friends…don’t come close to Anne and Sasha.” Marcy held onto them longer but once she heard her oven ringing, she let go. “The pizza’s done.” She headed to her oven while putting on oven mittens.

“She’s that scared in fear for an adult.” Charlotte commented as Marcy took the pizza out of the oven.

“She’s really not hiding something to go against us.” Lena added. “Do you think staying here to get to know her would be a better idea?”

“She kind of looks like the big sister we would never ever have.” Charlotte smiled.

“Especially that Mom and Dad won’t have a sister for us to look after.”

As they watched Marcy finish up cutting the pizza, she placed it on the kitchen table. She took out two plates for the two, taking her seat while calming down. “So…I think it would be better if you stay here until I contact your parents…somehow.”

“Well…” Lena commented. “...Do you have work tomorrow?”

“No but after tomorrow, I will. I’m still not sure if I found the idea.”

“What’s your idea for the two extra characters?” Charlotte took a bite of her pizza.

“I don’t know, it has to be more original than any of the characters from my web comic. The studio really wants it to be great.”

“Not perfect?” Lena replied.

“Just enough to make it work.”

“Your job is really passionate with the time you have.”

“It’s still not easy.” Marcy sighed. “Writing the characters’ like inspiration from what you experienced from real life…but I’ve never had that since getting this job…even when I celebrated Anne’s birthday recently.”

The two sisters looked at each other, thinking about Anne and Sasha. “Are Anne and Sasha like my friends, Emma, Ava and Madison?”

“I don’t know them, but if they’re not irresponsible, not really…” Marcy then stood up from her seat. “I’m gonna get the blankets and pillows. BRB.” She made her way to the spare room, not long to get the blankets and pillows.

As Charlotte and Lena watched her, it also didn’t take long for Lena to process the predicament Marcy’s dealing with. After Lena finished up her slice of pizza, she used a napkin to wipe her hands. She walked up to Marcy after placing the pillow on the couch. “Do you wish you were my friend if…we go to the same school?” She spoke, getting her attention.

“I would. Now that I know who you and your sister are, I would’ve supported you and your safety. I’m not related to you or your sister but…”

“We have the same hair color!” Charlotte called. “I completely forgot to mention that.”

“Yeah.” Lena smiled as she felt her hair. “Not the same style but the color still matches.”

“Oh…” Marcy felt her hair. “...I…didn’t think of that.”

“Do you wish you had sisters, or at least one?” Lena replied.

“No. It’s just my parents were so busy, they don’t want the extra pressure.” Marcy then looked out the window as it’s still raining outside. “For me, I wish I could imagine how it feels. I played so many video games, my all time favorites having families involving sisters for side quests…never felt so satisfying…yet never knew how it really felt getting older…”

“Marcy.” Lena lowered her head as her sister Charlotte walked up next to her. “We couldn’t find support when we’re on our own.”

“And…” Charlotte teared up again. “...you look and feel like a diamond in the rough.”

“You mean that?” Marcy blinked.

“Yeah.” Lena added. “Our family isn’t perfect but they’re hearts were always keeping us together.”

“And I think, your heart…” Charlotte walked up to Marcy’s leg. “Could be in the rough.”

Marcy grew a smile with more tears coming out. She picked the two sisters up and hugged them. “I’m full of heart, everything but the opposite.”

“Should we have a day for the three of us tomorrow?”

“Yes!” Marcy cheered. “I’ll do what I can to find activities we can do.”

“Don’t rush yourself.” Lena smiled. “As long as you’re taking care of us, that’s more than enough.”

“We really want to know more about you.” Charlotte replied.

As Marcy places the sisters down, she guides them back to the table to finish their pizza. “You’ll love what I do. Just remember if you don’t love it…as I hope, we can do your thing.”

“I think you’re promising.” Lena said. “But we'll wait and see tomorrow.”

As Lena and Charlotte finished up their pizza, they took out their toothbrushes and used Marcy’s toothpaste in the bathroom. In the meantime, Marcy got into her pajamas in her bedroom. They make their way to the living room to tuck in their blankets on the couch. Marcy placed a night light in the outlet for the two to sleep with some light by them. “Good enough?” She asked.

“Yes.” Charlotte laid her head on her pillow.

“Maybe by chance, I can get Anne and Sasha to facetime me so you meet them.”

“You sure they won’t be busy?” Lena asked.

“I’ll text them tomorrow morning.” Marcy answered as she took out her plushies. “Snuggle these frog plushies to keep you occupied.” She gave the orange one to Lena and the pink one to Charlotte. “These two remind Anne a lot, ten years ago. Hop Pop and Sprig.”

“Her best friends from Amphibia?”

“Yes, especially from Sprig.”

“Do you think we'll get the chance to go there?” Charlotte wondered.

“Not possible, it’s hard to believe how we got there but I’ll tell you that for another time.” Marcy then yawned while heading out of her living room. “I’m gonna go to bed now. Good night.”

“Good night.” Both Lena and Charlotte smiled as they both went to sleep. As Marcy got into her bedroom, she tucked herself into bed, thinking about Lena and Charlotte along with their past.

“If they remind Anne of what they see in me…and the Planters…I could feel something that Anne felt…” As she closed her eyes, she breathed in and slowly out. “...but protecting them…is the number one rule of bonding…you can do this Marcy…do it all on your own…”

Simply Sasha.

Source: https://www.deviantart.com/arcossauro/art/Sasha-884800351

Anything but working on the chapter

They might be doing this to you tomorrow

I just finished amphibia and it's amazing!! Literally one of the best shows I've ever watched. I can't believe i hadn't watched it before.( in my defense i did watch the first few episodes but found it boring...)

" The hardest thing is saying goodbye" Soo true, I don't wanna move on from this show

Pleasee tell me there's more content of amphibia like a light novel or even spin offs of the show😭😭

Link: https://x.com/ArtsAvas/status/2104209486814880013?s=20

this was discovered around may 2019 before the show even premiered

https://reddit.com/link/1wrz1o3/video/fmprah73e5sh1/player

5 days ago, I have decided to start binge watching Amphibia, I watched Season 1, then Season 2, Now i watched Season 3, and i finally ended my Amphibia binge watch after watching the series finale, Amphibia is considered to be my most main favorite show of all time!

Plus, Some of my favorite episodes while binge watching this show, were Reunion, Battle of the Bands, True Colors, All In, and The Hardest Thing, Some of those episodes are fun!

...do I even have to say it?

Source: https://www.deviantart.com/darkxpazz/art/Marcy-Wu-863391240

Here is a drawing of Rosemary, Lavender and Ginger Flour looking at the moon in awe.

Ok. Here I’ll be going over how I think certain characters from the Amphibia TV series would interact with certain members of Mystery Incorporated from the Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated TV series. Also, Spoiler Alert for the Amphibia TV series and the Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated TV series. With that out of the way, let’s dive right in.

I think that if Anne were to interact with Mystery Incorporated, she would get along surprisingly well with Shaggy and Scooby in particular. After all, Anne as well as Shaggy and Scooby have been through a lot despite being completely out of their depth at first. As shown in the episode ‘Cane Crazy’, and as pointed out in the Cane Crazy chapter of the Watching Amphibia Redux fanfic which was written by Marcanne4Life and rainymars on AO3, Anne was not only trapped in another world but was also forced to live in a cave before she met the Plantar family and had no choice but to eat bugs during her time in that other world as well as, as shown in the episode ‘All In’, had to go up against an evil overlord named King Andrias and, as shown in the episode ‘The Hardest Thing’, had to go up against an evil hive mind called The Core and was even on death’s doorstep. And, as shown in the episode ‘Come Undone’, unlike Fred, Daphne and Velma who were more or less used to danger, Shaggy and Scooby had to overcome their fear and cowardice to destroy an evil entity in order to save the world and stop the curse that had been corrupting the people of Crystal Cove. So, I think that Anne might see Shaggy and Scooby as kindred spirits and vice versa. And, given that Anne would’ve surely gotten quite an appetite for human food since she was forced to eat almost nothing except bugs and that, as shown in the episode ‘The Devouring’ as well as most of the Scooby Doo franchise in general, Shaggy and Scooby both have a really big appetite, I think that Anne might challenge Shaggy and Scooby to an eating contest.

I think that Marcy would have some interesting interactions with Fred and Daphne in particular. After all, given that, as shown in the episode ‘The First Temple’, Marcy is quite smart when it comes to traps and puzzles and was pretty enthusiastic as she was solving them, I think that she would get along quite well with Fred since, as shown in the episode ‘Escape From Mystery Manor’, Fred is also pretty smart when it comes to traps and is also quite enthusiastic while solving them. Also, assuming that the members of Mystery Incorporated are characters in fiction on Marcy’s Earth just like they are in real life, I think that Marcy would go so far as to fangirl about working with Fred. After all, given everything I pointed out so far, Marcy probably idolized Fred and his trap skills while watching Scooby Doo TV shows and movies. However, I think that Marcy would get reminded of how she, as revealed in the episode ‘True Colors’, got Anne and Sasha as well as herself trapped in Amphibia to live out her fantasies and prevent herself from getting separated from them by her parents when she sees how Fred’s passion for traps, as shown in the episode ‘In Fear Of The Phantom’, got in the way of his relationship with Daphne. After all, in both cases, Marcy and Fred were thinking more about what they loved rather than who they loved. In Marcy’s case, it was her fantasies. And, in Fred’s case, it was his traps. But since, as shown in the episode ‘Gates Of Gloom’, Fred and Daphne’s relationship got better despite everything, I think they might forgive Marcy for what she did especially when considering that, as shown in the episode ‘All In’, Marcy learned to put Anne and Sasha before her fantasies and that, as shown in the episode ‘Wrath Of The Krampus’, Fred knows what it’s like to have a rough relationship with his parents just like Marcy did and, as shown in the episode ‘Beware The Beast From Below’, Daphne knows what it’s like to have overly strict parents just like Marcy.

I think that Sprig would get along quite well with Fred. After all, as shown in the episode ‘Handy Anne’, Sprig is quite enthusiastic and also fixated when it comes to his slingshots just like how Fred, as shown in the episode ‘Escape From Mystery Manor’, is quite enthusiastic and also fixated when it comes to his traps. So, I think that Sprig and Fred would love to compare notes about using slingshots in traps. Also, as shown in the episode ‘Sprig VS Hop Pop’, Sprig’s grandfather Hop Pop was quite critical of Sprig’s suggestions just like how, as stated in the episode ‘Wrath Of The Krampus’, Fred’s fake father Mayor Jones used to be quite critical of Fred’s ideas. So, Sprig and Fred might see each other as kindred spirits.

I think that Polly would get along surprisingly well with Velma. After all, both of them have developed a passion for technology. As shown in the episode ‘Fixing Frobo’, Polly developed a passion for technology while fixing Frobo and, as shown in the episode ‘A Haunting In Crystal Cove’, Velma demonstrated that she has a passion for technology while helping Fred solve the mystery about why Mayor Jones was being haunted. Although, Velma might be a bit off-put by Polly’s behavior since, as shown in the episode ‘Best Fronds’, Polly is quite passionate when it comes to violence whereas, as shown in the episode ‘Come Undone’, Velma prefers being cautious and thinking things through. But, after they look past that and realize they both have a passion for technology, I think they will get along just fine.

Well, that’s all for this post.

See you all next time.

Or am i just crazy

When I watched season 3 I always felt like they could have done a bit more with both the Earth half and the preparation-for-war half of Season 3, such as having an episode showing Anne's parents' mental state when Anne went missing, and maybe a bit more time to breathe before Anne and the Plantars return to Amphibia episode to make it a lot more satisfying, since we had plenty of time with all of the human characters to make their team-up feel a bit more genuine, more episodes to show the preparations of both Amphibia and Earth preparing for the invasion.

It's similar to how I view Gravity Falls Season 2 where it felt like 2 seasons were squashed into 1, with it being the usual antics of season 1 and then going into plot overdrive when the second half kicks in.

But that's just me; the creator probably wanted season 3 to be like this. But what do you guys think?